While we’d mentioned it before it made headlines, for most people DeepSeek came out of nowhere and overnight became the most downloaded iPhone app. AI researchers were shocked at the capabilities of ...

PrivadoVPN has rolled out PhantomMode to iOS users, a feature that blocks hidden trackers and ads on your device. Previously an Android exclusive, it offers privacy protection that doesn't stop when ...

A German data protection official has reported Chinese AI app DeepSeek to Apple and Google, saying the app transfers users’ information to China illegally. Meike Kamp, Berlin’s commissioner for data ...

Chinese generative AI application DeepSeek soared the App Store charts within a few days of launching this January. Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, it provides services at a fraction of the cost. That ...

Privacy has never been more important. AI image: Midjourney/Cult of Mac With the widespread use of smartphones, laptops and other devices, concerns about privacy in ...

Apple released iOS 17.6.1, iPadOS 17.6.1 and macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 on Wednesday. These are patches to fix a problem with Advanced Data Protection, a collection of tools to keep data and communications ...

Apple often promotes the App Store as a secure place to download apps. The company highlights strict reviews and a closed system as key protections for iPhone users. That reputation now faces serious ...

A bypass flaw in the FileProvider Transparency, Consent and Control (TCC) subsystem within Apple’s iOS operating system could leave users’ data dangerously exposed, according to researchers at Jamf ...

Back in the day, any time a friend told me they thought their voice assistant might be secretly listening in on their private conversations, I was one of the people telling them it was all in their ...